FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The shock still was stuck on Vance Worley’s face Wednesday from the trade that sent him to the Twins. Even worse, his name still is stuck on a lease for a home in Deptford, N.J.

“I’m fine with it. I have a big-league job, so I can’t complain,” Worley said of the December trade that sent him and prospect Trevor May to Minnesota for outfielder Ben Revere. “The only thing I was frustrated about was signing that lease on that house in New Jersey and knowing I had to get out of it ... I shipped everything out from California into the house, just to ship it all back.

“I still haven’t gotten out of (the lease), so if there’s anyone over there who wants a house -- do you want in on it? It’s a nice house, half the price what I was paying for an apartment in Philly

“Please, help me find somebody.”

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That was the final headache in a trying 2012 for the right-hander, a year that had both him and his fiancé dealing with family calamities away from the field, and Worley suffering from a bone spur and loose bodies in his elbow that caused his pitching to suffer and required surgery in late September.

Worley figured his softened trade value and surgery would make him not the best trade bait this winter ... well, wrong again.

“I definitely wasn’t healthy, so I wasn’t able to pitch the way I could,” said Worley, who went 6-9 with a 4.20 ERA last season, but 4-8, 4.90 after a pain-free April. “I didn’t see the trade coming. From what I could tell with the (Phillies’) training staff they couldn’t see the trade coming, either. They were kind of upset about it too, because they had to take care of me that whole time.”

Minnesota certainly brings a new role to the 25-year-old. The Twins were a 96-loss team with one of the worst starting rotations in baseball last season -- their starters had a collective 5.40 ERA.

After pitching behind Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels for two seasons in Philly, there is talk that Worley might be the Opening Day starter for the Twins.

“I’m still trying to figure out my surroundings over here,” Worley said, “but things are going well. It would be nice (to start the opener). I’m just happy to be in the rotation. Whenever they give me the ball, I’m going to go out there and do something with it.

“I’m glad I had (Halladay, Lee and Hamels) in front of me so I could see how they go about things -- preparing, being ready for the games. Without that I wouldn’t have the type of routine I have now. All the pitchers on this team have asked me questions about those guys -- ‘What are they like? How does he go about doing this?’ Whether it’s working out, pitching, sitting in the dugout, watching film ... they just want to know what they do.”

Worley threw a side session Wednesday while the Phillies stretched and took batting practice prior to their 12-5 Grapefruit League loss to the Twins at Hammond Stadium. After the game Charlie Manuel said he didn’t see his erstwhile starter, and when Worley was asked what his fondest memory with the Phillies was, his voice quivered just a little from emotion. Clearly, the nerves remain raw.

But he would like a chance to pitch against the Phillies when they visit Minneapolis June 11-13 for an interleague series.

“If I’m up for it,” Worley said, “I’ll take the ball and be more than happy to throw. To me, it’s just another game. We just have to take one win at a time over here.

“If there’s somebody I know, I always pitch with a little something more for him, whether a friend, or a team I face all the time, or in this situation being traded, of course.”